Khyber agency: Abducted boy recovered, heroin seized

JAMRUD: An abducted 12-year-old boy was recovered after Khasadar force personnel raided a house in Shah Kas area of Jamrud tehsil, Khyber Agency on Wednesday. Jamrud’s Assistant Political Agent Jehangir Azam Wazir said Wali Jan was tied with chains and detained in a secret room in Nadeem’s house, the alleged kidnapper. The political administration took the accused into custody. Jan said that he was abducted three days ago by three kidnappers at gunpoint who took him to an unknown location. The kidnappers physically assaulted him and demanded his family for ransom. In another raid, Khasadar force personnel seized 16 kilogrammes of hasish from Yaqoob’s house in Ghundi area.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 6^th, 2012.